Caly Person

My oldest son is turning 9 next week so I wracked my brain thinking about what I would make for him. I only thought of this Lawn Fawn So Jelly Set because Noah is the brightest little boy I know. He has always excelled in everything at school and he makes my husband and I very proud.  He’s our little superstar when it comes to academia.

Noah’s also a goofball and makes tons of faces in pictures, so it was really hard for me to find a good one of him. This is a picture of him and my second oldest, Evan.  They’ll never admit it – but they’re the best of friends:

photo by Bethany Wears Photography

I wanted to make a shaker card and have been thinking about using m sewing machine on a card for a while, so this was the perfect card. I used some watercolor paper to make distress ink background and glued my images (colored with Copic markers) to it, then I created a shaker front using a stamp pocket (Simon Says Stamp or MFT – the two the I use).

I stamped the sentiments directly on the clear piece using staz-on ink – which can be sticky and quite tricky. I didn’t show myself stamping twice for each sentiment – but I was crazy enough to try to line them up and ink again to get better inking. I definitely should have used my MISTI or a stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure perfect line up…but I’m glad it turned out OK.

I sewed the shaker frame on, leaving an opening at the top to add sequins, then sewed the top to close.  It was a very quick card despite spilling all my clear sequins and running out of thread while I was sewing – don’t do that when you’re making a card like this!

I hope you like this card! Here’s my video if you want to watch the process:

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*Disclaimer: I am not being paid by any company to promote their products. I make cards using stamp sets and materials which I love and I love to share. To view where these items can be purchased, click on the linked abbreviations below (SU for Stampin’ Up!, SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson, AMZN for Amazon, LF for Lawn Fawn, MFT for My Favorite Things, etc.).

Copic Sketch Markers — RV13, RV23, RV14 (Jelly Fish 1) V01, V12, V15 (Jelly Fish 2), YR61, YR65 (Star), Blush (didn’t work out too well)

Tim Holtz Mini Distress Inks — Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch

LF So Jelly EH | SSS | LF	LF So Jelly Dies EH | SSS | LF	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink EH | SSS | AMZN	Stazon Jet Black Ink EH | SSS | AMZN
Canson XL WaterColor Paper Pad EH | SSS | JOANN	Neenah Solar White 80 lb EH | SSS	Recollections 110 lb	Ranger Mini Mister EH | SSS
Copic Sketch Markers EH | SSS | MERRIARTIST	Tim Holtz Mini Distress Inks EH | SSS	ATG Gun EH | SSS | AMZN	Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board EH | SSS
Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue EH | SSS	Teflon Bone Folder EH | SSS	Paper Snips Scissors	PPP Aquamarine 4mm EH | SSS | MFT
PPP Aquamarine 6mm EH | MFT	PPP Cobalt 4mm EH | SSS| MFT	PPP Cobalt 6mm EH | MFT	PPP Cornflower 4mm EH | SSS | MFT
PPP Cornflower 6mm EH | MFT	Sequins Moonshine 3mm	Sequins Moonshine 5mm	Sequins Moonshine 6mm
Craftmates 2XL Lockables 14 Comp	SSS Clear Storage Sleeve